Off to make some Human Art 🤘🏼

WNBA Training Camp starts tomorrow and if you a new WNBA fan just know that some of the players will get cut…some of the players you loved in college.. will be cut… prepare yourself

Duncan, go to your basement!

“Sauve qui peut”. This is a French phrase that translates literally to something like "save yourself who's able/can" and roughly equates to “run for your life!” or “every man for himself!”, indicating a chaotic or dangerous situation/stampede. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.

Blue Jay assembled incorrectly? Nah, just preening that pretty plumage #birds 🌿

This is why you need to be reading books and writing your own emails, by the way. When you outsource your thinking abilities, you risk turning your brain into soup. Heavy dependence on AI has already been linked with severe cognitive decline. What you don’t use, you will lose.

In hashtags, it helps if each new word starts with a capital letter. Otherwise, sighted users could see a string of letters and not immediately know where one word ends and a new word begins. Capitalized words also help screen readers properly read out the hashtag.

This Kern County crew is harvesting broccolini. Unlike broccoli, which is harvested once, workers need to keep on coming back to the same field to select the individual, tender 6–8 inch stems before they flower. It's a challenging crop as it requires precise timing. #WeFeedYou

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It's raining plovers! Hallelujah! Our thanks to Austin St. Peter for notifying us that a 3rd Piping Plover visited Montrose today and for sharing a stunning series of pictures. Our new plover appears to be unbanded, and if so, they are likely from the threatened population of Great Plains PIPL. 1/2

Again: for any big liberal donor who wants to funnel millions into fixing this country's politics, the ROI on buying any struggling paper and simply tasking it with doing real reporting on local news is vastly higher than the same $$ given to some group that does mass ad buys every election year.

In order to protect our men, we’ve constructed a labyrinth and trapped Jolene inside it

NEW EPISODE Today's episode is a nice light-hearted look at something near and dear to many sapphic hearts - Subaru! We take a look at WHY lesbians loving Subarus is such a stereotype, what the car company did to encourage this, and laugh at some pretty saucy innuendos.

I lived in that neighborhood one summer years ago. I was watching Unicorn Riot coverage with my kid, when it hit me that I recognized the locations.

Heat pumps are the most efficient heating technology ever invented. They harvest and compress pre existing heat in the air, ground or water and transport it where it is needed. That energy is all around us. And it does not have to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

Why aren't students protesting?

AI is profoundly unpopular. A recent NBC News poll found that among 18-34 year-olds, AI's net favorability rating is -44. *Negative 44*. Those are basically serial killer numbers. It's not much better among women 18-49. (Men over 50 and upper class are the only ones who like AI, and just barely.)

There needs to be a campaign, a logo. "No bots inside", "Free range organic content", that sort of thing

YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TOUCH SOMETHING SOFT.

Gun Safety Tips with Burt! Missing alt-text Burt says: “Not all men” = “Not all guns are loaded.” But how you handle every gun you come in contact with? You treat it like it’s loaded until you are absolutely sure it is safe.

I don’t know what it’s like now, but a few years ago you could buy a place in Houghton or Calumet with the change piling up in the ashtray of your car.

Friends, I am thrilled to introduce you to Valkyries Beat. This is where I will be writing about the Golden State Valkyries this season, running a full beat and -- with your help as subscribers -- back on the road. www.valkyriesbeat.com

We used to have a stand down every single time someone died in the entire company Because people matter (and we're expensive, for those who don't have a heart) Nobody should die at work

nearing the end of the semester, always the most critical test for my extremely accommodating late work/makeup work policies sending out emails hounding students who are missing assignments, begging them to turn them in

Pro-Tip for Not Perpetuating Rape Culture: Those upset about this #EricSwallwell situation need to take their anger & frustration out on ERIC SWALLWELL, not on the women who came forward. His choices and intentional behaviors ALONE are the reason for the situation he currently finds himself in.

There are a lot of writers I would like to read more of, but the moment I see "Substack" I'm like, er, well that's too bad. If you are on Substack and wondering why, here's a primer, with some options for other platforms. leavesubstack.com

We are on FIRE. #WorldBollardAssociation🔥

I want this energy for us

Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.

Ugh ticks I got a good tick check but after tossing one out the window on the freeway, my skin is crawling and every little itch must be investigated

We photographers warn against following content scrapers (who steal photos, post without credit & make $ off the accounts.) This thread shows there really is an account resale market for Bluesky. And scammers take full advantage (Gray Catbird says be careful and guard your passwords) #birds 🌿 📸

Let's say y'all were getting a Valkyries newsletter/website: what kind of things would you want to see beyond stories and coverage around the day-to-day?

Something is going on in Duluth... Maybe a party?

YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR MEDICATIONS?

Aerospace engineer & "human computer" Mary Winston Jackson became NASA's first Black female engineer in 1958. Her life & work, along with those of Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan, inspired the book and film Hidden Figures. She was born #OTD in 1921. www.nasa.gov/people/mary-...#OTD #WomenInSTEM

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

"That's AI." As an 8th grade teacher, this is a new insult the kids have been using this year, even on things unrelated to writing. Someone does something stupid, or ridiculous, or cruel: "Ugh, you're AI."

This is such a brilliant move. That’s access to the Internet, borrowing laptops and so much. This is how a city should be moving

New to BlueSky, huh?

This is one of my pet peeves. Mushroom leather—a true vegan leather—exists but is more expensive than animal leather right now. I would rather buy a biodegradable animal product than a plastic one.

YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. HAVE YOU TAKEN YOUR MEDICATIONS?

Hi all, its your friendly neighborhood retired therapist here to remind you that the horrors persist and so do we! Have you: -had a glass of water or something liquid that is not caffeinated recently? -used any calming or grounding techniques you like? -eaten a food? If not, do that now. 💜

the Seattle Storm has added OUR golden state Layshia Clarendon to THEIR 2026 broadcast team! wtf?! 🤨 I mean.. cool congrats 😒 happy for them 🥲😑 #wnba #welcometothew

Basking in PSA production value only NASA can provide.

I didn't make this, but it needs a reposting.

An early view of this accepted manuscript is now available! I'll share it again once it is typeset and everything, of course. This is the first robin paper out from my dissertation! With coauthors T.J. Benson, Ryan Paitz, Kevin McGraw, & @thecowbirdlab.bsky.social academic.oup.com/auk/advance-...

DRINK WATER FROM THE SKULLS OF YOUR ENEMIES! IF YOU HAVE CRUSHED THEIR SKULLS, USE A GLASS.

Mexico’s overwintering monarch population grew 64% this winter, with butterflies covering their largest area of forest since 2018. The recovery remains fragile, but suggests there’s been a positive impact from conservation efforts in the butterflies’ core habitat. buff.ly/XoPKQ9d #ShareGoodNewsToo

We're all gonna make Simpsons jokes, and we should, but also, let's never forget the power of government oversight & regulation b/c the EPA and Clean Water Act have worked miracles.

News broke Monday am that the Chicago Sky had traded two-time All-Star Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream. Reese’s trade is just another in what’s become a Chicago Sky trend: losing a star – whether by force or by choice. my latest (free to read): www.nytimes.com/athletic/717...